I would like to get opinions on Valvoline Maxlife 5W-30 and the use of Purolator Pureone oil filters. I'm using these on both a 1996 Dodge Ram 1500 and a 1996 Toyota Corolla. Any thoughts on the use of other HM oils? Both cars have over 100,000 miles.

I've got a 92 Honda Accord with 210000 miles on it. I bought it the lask week of September. I changed the oil and used Quaker State winter blend 5w30. I don't know what was wrong, but I bet I was going through 1 quart of oil a week! The car was seemingly leaking and burning oil. I ran that oil for approx. 6500 kilometers. I changed it out and poured in Maxlife 5w30 SM rated, and installed a Carquest premium filter. In the 700+ miles since I changed to the Maxlife, the car has not used any oil! On my previous OCI with the QS winter blend, I bet I would have gone through 2 quarts by now. I don't know what I did, did the oil really fix things up that fast? Regardless, Maxlife is my new favorite oil.

Hey guys, i haven't seen any info yet on ATV oil recommendations. I have new Polaris 400 and 700 and would like to know of a couple brand choices of oil and filters that will allow me to only change oil/filter once a year or about 1500 miles if possible. What do you recommend?

The SM Maxlife has the lower zddp levels, but also has about 300 ppm moly that was not indicated in the SL formulation. So on balance, the SM probably is as good as the SL. Either way, you can pump it up with a zddp adder, maybe VSOT.

I'm going to try Max Life in my mother's car shortly to see if the oil consumption goes down. Caddy Northstar, which are known for burning oil. Been using M1 the last few years. Mom's car has slightly under 50k so it's not high miles, but I'm going to give Max Life a shot.

quote:The SM Maxlife has the lower zddp levels, but also has about 300 ppm moly that was not indicated in the SL formulation. So on balance, the SM probably is as good as the SL. Either way, you can pump it up with a zddp adder, maybe VSOT.

Would a half bottle of CD2 street legal oil boost be any good for boosting the ZDDP in SM rated Maxlife?

I have 6 bottles of the CD2 Oil Boost and plan on using half a bottle at a time like that. Hope you got yours at Big Lots where it is going for $1.99 a bottle. ZDDP is about 4500 ppm. Should not thicken the oil. Should make the SM at least an SL additivewise.

On your Accord. Look at the bottom of where your distributor connects to the valve cover. I found fresh oil leaking there. The dist. on Accords suck so just put a new one on. Also, check the oil pressure switch (a few inches above the oil filter) they leak alot on Accords and also check that "flange" thing that the oil filter is attached to. These things leak all the time and mine just was. Just some hints from a fellow 92 Accord owner. If you need a tip on a new distributor, let me know. Autozone and them sells them for around 275. You can get one for around 120.00.